Category: New baby
Posted by Della Cassia on Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 6:29 PMBaby fills busy weekend with love
I survived our busy weekend and it was wonderful. It was two days of pure excitement featuring my superstar daughter, Aline. The weekend was hers and she owned every minute of it.
The marathon started Saturday with Halloween. With all the preparations under way for her Christening on Sunday, I was not sure we were going to have the time to take her out trick or treating on Saturday, but we did.
Aline was a ladybug for Halloween. The costume I found online turned out to be very cute as well as comfortable on her - so much so that she tolerated it for close to two hours and it fit in the car seat.
We started the tour with a stop at Aline's godmother's house. After a lot of pictures, tons of kisses and a special hello from Cello the dog, we repeated this scene at auntie No. 2's house. From there we stopped at Grandma's house for even more hugs and kisses. Then it was a quick stop at a friend's house and back home where an exhausted Aline drank her bottle and fell quickly to sleep.
The highlight of the evening was the stop at a friend's house who has an 11-week old beautiful little girl. The two babies could not stop starring at each other, which made me wonder: What do babies think about when they see each other? Is it like, "Hello, I am finally glad to see someone my size?" Or, "Hey, aren't you tired of all the hugs and kisses?" Or, "Can you believe this ridiculous costume?"
Aline knew something was up Sunday. She was very clingy all morning and demanded our full attention every minute leading up to the christening ceremony, which made getting ready a bit more difficult than usual. I tried my best to time her feedings and bathroom outings, so as to avoid any possible meltdowns later; well, at least I tried.
I could not have scripted a better start to the ceremony. The church looked beautiful, the sun shone outside, all the guests arrived on time, cameras were flashing. Aline was in a great mood, looking everywhere, even reaching out to touch the deacon's colorful robes. Everything was perfect -until the time came to take her clothes off for the infamous dunk in the baptismal fountain.
That's when her godmother and I discovered my daughter had soiled her diaper. Seeing both of our horrified looks, Aline burst into tears and that was the end of the perfect ceremony. She screamed for the rest of the service and only calmed down when she got ahold of the ribbons on her new white dress.
As we posed for pictures at the end, I could felt only utter joy not only at seeing my baby girl glowing in her white dress, but also at seeing the people gathered around her and feeling, that no matter what her future holds, she will always be loved.
